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This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.

Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.

When Croatia became independent of Yugoslavia, the splintering governments left behind these concrete tunnels.

A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.

Massive, unfinished broadcasting station stands as a monument to the fall of communism.

A vast Communist-era exhibition space in the Bulgarian capital.

The temple that withstood the Nazis.

An homage to the medieval rulers of Bulgaria.

Sofia's legislative center is continuously reinventing itself.

A gigantic statue of a Russian soldier watches over the ancient city of Plovdiv, a prominent reminder of the Soviet period in Bulgaria.

A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.

Ruins of an early Roman Christian church dating back to the 4th to 5th centuries.

A mountain pass in Bulgaria's Balkan Mountains was the site of four historic battles.

"Unity, Creativity, Beauty."

An unfinished complex built for children from around the world sits abandoned on the Black Sea coastline.

"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.

Said to be the only museum in the world dedicated to the most classic of all blooms, the rose.

A striking symbol of the Bulgarian capital.

Rock carving created 1,300 years ago 75 feet off the ground.

A collection of art from Bulgaria's time as a communist state.

Mysterious standing stone formations looks like a petrified forest.

The remarkably well-preserved final resting place of a powerful ancient Thracian king.

This massive stone and steel monument remembers a century-old battle that cost thousands of lives and nearly destroyed the city.

This ancient theater, restored in the 20th century, lives on as a venue for dramatic and musical performances.